Wearables are small electronic devices, often comprising
one or more sensors and having computational capability.
Devices such as wrist watches, pens, and glasses with
installed cameras are now available at cheap prices for
user to purchase to monitor or securing themselves. The
Nigerian state at this period is faced with a lot of
kidnapping activities in schools, homes and abduction for
the purpose of ransomed collection and other illegal
activities necessitate these reviews. The success of the
wearable technology in medical uses prompted the
research into application into security uses. The method
of research is the use of case studies and literature search.
This paper takes a look at the possible applications of the
wearable technology to combat the cases of abduction
and kidnapping in Nigeria.